Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

tornado. This was picture of destruction
wrought by one gigantic agency of nature.
Last week visited the village Of Findlay,
which Is now rising As If by magic 10 the
proportions of a city, on account of her Wen
derful stores of natural gas. Here was the
picture of a city being built up by another
giant agency OF nature-the fierce but bene-
fcent genie of natural gas. The latter Is
every Dit a. interesting as the former. and
aS worthy visit 10 see. Read Nirgifs
immortal description of the city
which .Eneas and his followers saw rising
on the Carthagiaian plain. Then go Ia
Findlay. and you will recognize in the pic
ture the truth with which the great poet
has described the wonderful energy which
characteriZes the rapid building of city.
\ magnificent $50, 600 court house Is in
process of construction, and is completed
10 the second story; business blocks and
stores are rapidly going up: and dwellings
are being built by the hundred. \ Findlav
man said 10 me: Crowded well should
say. There is a family in every room in
Findlay, and every family is keeping
!Darders. Look down nearly any street,
and You will see houses being moved and
new ones being erected. Several factories
are also going up and some more are com
ing. Now. what is the reason of all this
commotion? Simply an enormous supply
of natural gas furnished at such nominal
rates as to be about as free As air. Other
cities have natural gas. such As Bowling
Green. fostOTia. Fremont and Tiffin, but
in every case il must either be piped in
from a distance of several miles or else the
wells are owned and controlled by corpora
tons such As the Standard Oil Company.
Any city which granted the right to COM
pany 10 supply it with gas for several
years is now bitterly sorry. In some cases
agents of the Standard Oil Company have
slipped in and purchased all the natural
gas land in the vicinity of a town.
In Findlay natural gas Is supplied Ia the
citizens al the uniform prise of rifteen cents
per month for every stove and hve cents
per month for every gas burner. When you
pay this trivial price it entities you To use
all the gas which flows through the pipe
which supplies your house during the
twenty-four hours. Ii is measured by no
gas meter. The only measure is the size of
the pipe which supplies your house. Find
lay people never think of turning of the
gas for economy. for there is no economy
IN IT, IL is the ideal fuel. and no one who
has ever used il could endure TO be without
it. Ii is in such general use in Findlay
that children run to the window to see a
load of wood, and lump of coal is As
much of curiosity aS piece of Rocky
mountain quartz.
Ii is of no use to enlarge on the advanta-
ge> Of natural gas as fuel, they are SO ap-
parent 10 all. Many a housewife could
easily dispense with servants were il not
for the labor involved in keeping up the
In E,plIa,- A ,t.in
suffice for the labor of keeping fires in every
= IN of the house. The natural gas heat
j, iE;rr-e. Ii j. burned In all kinds of
lHN.'~ aud none of the burners ever get out
: order. The heat developed is SO intense
IIi ~ The gas in q stove is turned on full
iunct. the stove becomes red hot in no time
and the fullest heat capacity Of the burner
is almost sufficient TO melt the stove. 1t is
said that there are fewer bachelors in Find
lay than in any other city in the state. since
the young men have nothing to dread
from the martyrdom of making
ires in the morning. A gas stove is man
aged as easily a. an ordinary gas burner in !
This city. The gas is also used for lighting |
purposes. No other gas is made in the /
,ity. Ii is in Use in the churches, stores. |
dwellings, and the fOotlights at the theater !
are natural gas lets. To the housewife |
natural gas is an enormous boon. since she /
AN grade the heat of her oven 10 the tenth .
IF a degree and maintain il that tempera-
ure 10y regulating the ti'w of gas,
Springfield will have natural .ras before
mother year. and then her citizens will
wonder how in the world they ever did
Without it. There is gas enough in northern
ihio 10 supply the entire state with light
md fuel. but of course the prices will be
eSeral times as high As in Findlay. Still
( ii can be furnished at the price of coal il
viii prove vast blessing to cur citizens.
ias is now successfully piped distance of
% miles in Pittsburg. There are natugal
as fields within that distance of Spring
ed from which we could get a supply.
The supply is seemingly ineXhaustable.
% give an idea in figures. Some time since
big gas well was struck in Findlay which
lew into the ar Is. 900. 900 cubic feet per
ay for six weeks. or in the entire time
90. 0O0. 900 feet. Prof Orton has calculat- I
that this gas equals the amount of coal
as consumed in Cincinnati in one year. At
ne rate of Sl.l5 per thousand. the price
aid for gas in Cincinnati the value of the ,
as wasted would be $500 900. So this one
As well would supply nine cities the size ,
I Cincinnati with light the year round.
Ow, when il is considered that there are
Iready at least fifty gas wells in northern '
hio. and many more being bored. it is :
lain that there Is gas enough there TO warm
nd light every house in the state OF OHIO, /
nd that l. what l. bound Ia come. The
arg well in Findlay discharges as much
IS i'll three days a. the Springfield gas 4
ork> makes in year. The supply seems a
ornament. There are gas wells in ohio
hlch have been spouting for thirty or
'rty years, and show no signs of eXhauS- v
pn and gas wells in China which I
ave been running for centuries
1t is lucky that We have no glass factories c
Springfield, for If we did. We would
ave 10 bid them fearful farewell. Coal
ade glass Is being manufactured At loss n
Nv, and the manufacturers must either 20 7
gaS or else close up. Several glass fac il
rles have removed to Flndlay already II
hey were given several acres Of ground 10
hid factories. they were given their gas
,solutely free for a term Of years. their =
XeS We're remltted for several years. and L
.iieve they got a bonus IN money. One
ass factory ALREADY located formerly paid
o. 900 per year for fuel. That sum is !
w clear profit. Ii seems quite likely that y
ndiay will become an important manu- /
city, from the prosperity OF the
now located there as much
fIoIn the removal there of new concerns :.
Several of the manufacturing centers of |
hio seem TO be- alarmed lest they will lose >.
me of their factories, but the alarm is,
ink. groundess. A concern which has r
en burned out in one city. OF one Just be-
e started by young manufacturers. may =
tempted by the offer of free fuel to locate E
northern Ohio. but you may rest assured =;
at Old established concerns. with the ex- "
ption of glass factories. will not consider
mOval. \ prominent Springfield manu- v
rturer said the other day: 1T would cost F
big concern as mach to pull up its plant Ii